[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the August 4, 2014 edition of the Army Times.
 
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The following U.S. service members died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from July 18, 2014 through July 24, 2014:

Army Pfc. Donnell A. Hamilton, Jr., 20, of Kenosha, Wisconsin; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Staff Sgt. Benjamin G. Prange, 30, of Hickman, Nebraska; assigned 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Navy Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Yeshabel Villotcarrasco, 23, of Parma, Ohio; assigned to the USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) while the ship was underway in the Red Sea.

Army Pfc. Keith M. Williams, 19, of Visalia, California; assigned 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

July 18, 2014 – July 24, 2014
Killed: 4; Wounded in action: 7
 
October 10, 2001 – July 24, 2014
Killed: 2,336; Wounded in action: 19,892
 
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And the beat goes on . . .
 
“Bring 'em Home"
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3
 
"If you love this land of the free
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring them back from overseas
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
 
It will make the politicians sad, I know
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
They wanna tangle with their foe
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
 
They wanna test their grand theories
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
With the blood of you and me
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
 
Now we'll give no more brave young lives
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
For the gleam in someone else's eyes
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
 
The men will cheer and the boys will shout
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Yeah and we will all turn out
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
 
The church bells will ring with joy
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
To welcome our darlin' girls and boys
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
 
We will lift our voice in song
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home."
 
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Pro patria,
 
Tom Hansen
SFC, US Army (Retired)
Moscow, Idaho
 
"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."

- Adlai E. Stevenson
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